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Detainee admits Campsfield arson

A detainee who has admitted starting a fire at Campsfield House immigration centre in Kidlington will be sentenced in April.

Farid Pardiaz, 24, appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday accused of arson reckless as to whether life was endangered after the blaze at the centre in Langford Lane on October 18. He was remanded in custody to be sentenced on April 1.